Dear Believe In Tomorrow and Volunteers,

Thank you so much for a fantastic week! Coming into this week, we had no real idea of what a treat we had in store for us! You far exceeded our expectations! The use of the condo on the beach was dream enough , but all the additional activities just blew us away. Golf, fishing, the Coast Guard visit, tennis, bike riding, dinners out, putt-putt golf, the Pirate Adventure - all served to make this a week to remember! More than that, you gave us a week of "normal" and we can't even begin to describe how special and priceless that was to us. Matt smiled ear to ear when he arrived at the condo, and didn't stop smiling until we realized our dream week was over.

From the bottom of our hearts - thank you for the absolutely fantastic week. It was a priceless experience and we thank all who volunteered their time and services to give Matt and our family a week we will never forget.

May God bless you all.

Healing for the soul

What more can we say - Our thanks always feel as though they fall short. "Thank you" just doesn't feel like enough for all the wonderful things Believe In Tomorrow does for us.

Besides all the wonderful goodies, treats, food and fun you spoil us with. Besides the fact that you let us be by the beautiful ocean which heals our souls and soothes our nerves, and you allow Gabe his hyper self to just be. Besides all this - you give the best medicine, the most potent chemo, the strongest drug that there is for healing - Joy, Happiness, Love.

Always, Always Believe
Love, Love, Love

Words can't express...

To Wayne and the Believe In Tomorrow Children's Foundation

I would just like to say thank you so much, words can't express how grateful we are and how much we appreciate what you've done for us. Ocean City is Antwon's favorite place to vacation. He loves to fish day and night. I love it because it's relaxing and peaceful. It's really nice to get away for a week and just relax and not worry about anything. The house is amazing and beautiful. You guys did a amazing job with the house. It's like living in a dream. Thank you so much for the gift basket, he really liked it. Please thank the merchants that donated for the families. And thank you for all of the activities. Antwon has had a rough time of it, and more of it to come. So thanks so much for letting us stay here and relax for awhile and forget.

Thanks,
Jackie, Anthony, Antwon and Family

P.S. Wayne your heart is like an angel. Thanks so much.

We had a blast!

We want to thank everybody who made this possible. We had such a great time. All the activities that we did were wonderful. Faith got to drive a Coast Guard Ship, and we got to see dolphins on the OC Rocket. Chip and Brittany got to go parasailing and had a blast. I think Faiths favorite thing was the cookout and the clown. Once again we just wanted to say thank you and we had a blast.

Thanks,

Donald, Tammy, Samantha, Brittany, Faith & Baen

So much fun

Dear Believe In Tomorrow,

I really enjoyed my stay here in Mallard Lakes. I really liked watching the geese and ducks. The baby geese were soooo cute! I had so much fun and can't wait to come back soon!!

Love Alexandria

I loved my stay! Thank you!

Peaceful, beautiful, and relaxing

Dear Believe In Tomorrow,

Thank you so very much for our beach vacation! We love staying at Mallard Lakes - so peaceful, beautiful, and relaxing. Thank you for all the wonderful activities and dinners. Everything was greatly appreciated! We were able to do much more than anticipated. Our boys had a blast - especially on the Pirate Adventure.

Thank you Wayne, the volunteers, John & John and all of the sponsors. We had a truly special week. You blessed us very much.

Much love and many thanks,

Mike, Lori, Caleb & Gabriel

A vacation to remember!

Wayne and Believe In Tomorrow Volunteers,

Thank you so much for an experience we will forever cherish. Brian enjoyed every activity you had planned. When he went for chemo during his stay here, his doctor asked him "do anything exciting?" and Brian responded with oh yeah I went parasailing. The look on Dr. Powells face was priceless.

This was a vacation to remember always!

Love and kisses,

Robin, Glenn, Brian & Michael

Thank you for your generosity

Dear Believe In Tomorrow,

Hello my name is Kendall and my family will like to thank you for all the fun we had this week. We went to the beach, the boardwalk, lots of restaurants, and more. We thank you for your generosity. I have to say McKenzie, my sister, had a blast!!

Love,
Kendall, McKenzie, Larry, Michelle

Cherish our time

We want to thank Wayne and all of the volunteers for their hard work and dedication. We had no idea what pleasure we were in for when we came to the beach. Everyone was extremely generous and friendly. Our son was able to "show Maeve the beach" like he wanted to even though he otherwise been unable. Your generosity is almost overwhelming with all the activities offered and such a beautiful house to stay in. We have made memories that will last forever. Maeve LOVED the beach and all of the activities our family did. She loves "DOING" - anything - she gets so excited at her young age of 10 months just watching people and having the whole family together. I am sad we have to leave tomorrow because of work schedules but will forever cherish our time spent here. The people who donate their time and dinners, photography, golf etc. will never know how grateful we truly are.

Thanks again,
Maeve (10 months)
Patrick (5 years)
Mom & Dad

We are so grateful

Dear Folks at Believe In Tomorrow,

Thank you so much for everything you do and have done for us! This is our first family vacation since Anna was diagnosed three years ago (except her MAW trip) and we have so thoroughly enjoyed every moment, every activity, and being completely spoiled by everyone. It has provided a wealth of incredible memories with Anna that my kids and I will never ever forget. How incredibly blessed we are to have found BIT and all the wonderful staff and volunteers that have made this all happen. We are so grateful for everything you have given us here - that between doctor visits, blood draws, chemo, radiation, hospital stays, ER's, fevers, scans and everything else that has completely taken over our life, it is such a joy, pleasure and relief to forget about it all for a week. Even just a short period of time - a week - is such a long time for us, not having to deal with the daily reminder of cancer.

So - thank you for a wonderful time and the wonderful people we have met that have touched our lives and hearts and will remain there forever!

Thank you for all you do!
Liz, Anna & Family

Memories

Wayne and Staff,

As we prepare to leave - we can say "we did it." We've never traveled with Hannah in the nine years we have been blessed to have her. Her health has always just been too precarious. When she started receiving palliative care we knew it was time to make our memories. Memories we have now thanks to all of you and the wonderful foundation. We couldn't have asked for more generosity, warmth and love. We have heard many good things about Believe In Tomorrow from several of our friends but the actual experience does not compare.

This week has been relaxing and our first experience as a family away from home and the hospital. A week of "first things" for Hannah - like putting her feet in the sand and riding the Ferris Wheel - YEAH.

Please express our thanks and love to all the volunteers and donors from the community who make this program possible. The Coast Guard ROCKS! What a thrill that was. We can't wait to come back! :)

Blessings,
Dan, Shelle & Hannah

Mountain retreat

Dear Believe In Tomorrow Staff and Volunteers:

We can't thank you enough for giving us this wonderful vacation. We have not had this much relaxing fun and loving time together, just the four of us in almost 2 years.

The house is beautiful and filled with great things to keep the kids - and adults - busy! We got to do a little of everything, both in the house and around the resort and lake.

We are so appreciative of the generosity of Wisp Resort. Max and Ann were very kind and attentive to us.

Olivia was finally able to make one of her wishes come true - to be able to ride a horse. It was so exciting for her and we thank Western Stables for their generosity as well.

We are sad to be leaving but look forward to coming back next year if possible. We hope all other families have as much fun as we did.

Thank you so much!!
Love,
Patty, Brian, Alexis & Olivia

A retreat from everyday trials

Dear Wayne, Dawn & Staff,

Thank you once again for a wonderful week. We don't want to go home but all good things must end, we guess.

This is truly a retreat from all the stress, troubles and everyday trials that we must go through. The ocean truly soothes us and we feel truly blessed to have had this opportunity.

Thank you for understanding and caring about our special circumstances and making special accommodations. I don't think you will truly understand how grateful we are. We had such a fantastic time. It felt like a home away from home because we felt so comfortable.

May God bless each and every one of you who have made this vacation possible.

Love always

1 week without worries and stress!

Dear Wayne, Dawn, & Every Volunteer,

In my world full of fighting; fighting everyday to keep Colton alive, fighting with insurance companies, scheduling over 75 hours of paid professionals in our house in one week, and everyone in our family feeling the fatigue, this, our CHBTS is the only true break we all get once a year. And we don't have to fight for it!

Thank you so so much for such a fantastic program, home, and vacation. Ahhh! 1 week without worries and stress! You guys rock!

Lots of love and blessings,
Jeff, Christina, Andrew, Colton, Chad, Anna, and Grandma Linda

P.S. Beautiful quilt, thank you!!

Celebrating life

To everyone that made this happen,

How great is this? Our 3 year old has been singing for 2 days! She sings "I'm so Happy." She will never forget this experience... ever!!!

Thank you for letting us celebrate life together & be a family.

Week of resting, relaxing and healing

Dear Wayne and Wonderful Volunteers,

We can not thank you enough for this beautiful week of resting, relaxing and healing. Our 14 years with Claire have been the best years of our lives but there is no denying that it can be difficult, painful and exhausting at times for all of us.

Believe In Tomorrow always helps us heal, renews our spirits and recharges our batteries. The privacy away from the nurses, therapists etc - to just be a family is priceless.

Claire enjoyed all the mommy cuddle time, the beach wheelchair walks by the water, snuggles under umbrellas, book reading, dinner at La Hacienda, baking cookies and going to the boardwalk.

Mollie celebrated her 18th birthday and got to be the center of attention (for once!) She especially loved her dinner out at La Hacienda -- what a nice owner!! He picked up our entire tab! She also enjoyed sleeping in, the beach, boardwalk and WIFI!!! Yippee!

Fiona enjoyed precious time with her mom and dad, toss the lacrosse ball, quiet one on one talks, dinner out, the boardwalk and tanning with her mom. We found special seashells and stones to remember this week.

Pat and I loved life slowing down, quieting down - being able to step back and see each other and our children. They are all priceless, precious, perfect human beings. We are all so blessed to have each other. Thank you for all the wonderful gifts, warm hugs and welcome. Thank you for taking such good care of us.

We love you all!
Lisa, Pat, Mollie (18), Claire (14) & Fiona (12)

What a retreat!

Dear Believe In Tomorrow Staff and Volunteers,

It is our first time to stay in the Believe In Tomorrow House By The Sea retreat. What a retreat! It is a wonderful place and wonderful people.

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to enjoy this time.

4 wonderful days

Dear Believe In Tomorrow Children's Foundation,

Thank you for giving us 4 wonderful days at your House By The Sea. It provided many firsts for Daniel since his injury as well as for our family.

This was Daniel's first overnight stay away from the hospital and therapy setting since last May. With your beach wheelchair he was able to go onto the beach again that he loves so much. With your indoor pool pass he was able to go swimming for the first time since last June. The Independence in mobility that your porch lift provided gave him an additional sense of Independence.

You have done an awesome job providing all the accommodations for a person with SCI - right down to the tub chair! This is much appreciated since we already have out hands full carrying all the medical supplies and equipment needed. We hope to come again!

Daniel, Mary Ann, Rachel, and Grandma too!


Thank you for letting me stay hear. I had a wonderfull time. Thank you for having a beach chair and the elvator for my brother. Hope I could come back some time.
Rachel

OC Rocks!

Thank you to everyone that has made our vacation awesome and memorable. We had such a great time. The Children's House is so nice and comfortable -- Our children love it! OC ROCKS!

Thanks again-
Michelle, Bonnie, Karina, Karly, Jordan and Nikeisha

More than we could have asked for

The first day we got here, received our key and meet some volunteers, we never could imagine what our week held for us. The house was so much more than we could have asked for. Weather has been great during the day and cool at night with some major thunderstorms.

A highlight of Ian's time here was going on the Coast Guard ship and while out at sea they allowed him to man and steer the ship from the captain's chair. :)

Every person we have come in contact with have been such kind and wonderful people. This week will stay with all of us for a life time, even though we remain having to do the everyday things for Brade with his ventilator and surgeries. Just taking the time and letting the ocean breeze hit our faces makes it easier to keep doing it.

The word thank you seems so easy to say but its the only one that expresses how we feel. Wayne - you are an angel for all you do. Your smile brightens up a room. Thank you for that. We also had the pleasure to meet 2 other families that will be friends forever.

Dinner at La Hacienda was wonderful. The last day we went para-sailing - Brade, Ian, Steve and I. What a relaxing feeling 800 ft up in the air.

We hope to come again.
With much love.

wonderful weekend

Thank you so much for such a wonderful weekend. We had a great time playing golf, rides on the boardwalk, arcade time and of course the great food OC has to offer!